link to the study: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2026/01/22/bjsports-2025-110239

some quotes from the article I thought were interesting:

While transgender women exhibited higher lean mass than cisgender women, their physical fitness was comparable.

transgender women’s VO₂ max, when adjusted for weight, aligns with cisgender women,4 further supporting parity in endurance capabilities

the absence of strength disparities between transgender women and cisgender women found in the current review was consistent and contradicts narratives framing male puberty as conferring irreversible athletic advantages despite GAHT.

transgender women’s pretherapy advantages in push-ups and sit-ups disappeared after 2 years of feminising hormones among 46 individuals who started GAHT while in the US Air Force.